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Security · 4h ago

Claude Cowork Sandbox Flaw Exposes Mac Files to AI Agent

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from The Hacker News ·

Researchers found a sandbox escape in Anthropic's Claude Cowork, letting the AI agent break out of its Linux VM to read or write Mac files. The flaw affects about 500,000 macOS users. Anthropic has been notified and is working on a fix.

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This highlights the persistent challenge of securing AI agents that require host access, even with sandboxing.
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